So compared to your 5870s, what do you think about power draw, heat, IQ, drivers, etc?

I'm thinking of going from a nicely OC'd and water cooled 5870 to GTX 480. Just dont know if its worth it.

I've played GTA IV (and the recently released addons). It runs really well on 480 SLI.

I should note that I still have to turn shadows off as the ridiculous flickering shadows still rear their ugly head from time to time (nowhere near as bad as 5870 CF mind you but any flickering is too much IMHO).

So I'm getting a 480 tomorrow. Not really excited though because I still haven't succeeded in getting another one. I'm not gonna take out my 2 5870s until I have 2 480s.

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Originally Posted by Slytat

I've played GTA IV (and the recently released addons). It runs really well on 480 SLI.

I should note that I still have to turn shadows off as the ridiculous flickering shadows still rear their ugly head from time to time (nowhere near as bad as 5870 CF mind you but any flickering is too much IMHO).

Why not just turn off SLI for that game? Multi-GPU does almost nothing for GTAIV.

If anyone decides to try this Acer LCD set; 42% brightness, 60% contrast, .95-1.00 gamma, and 60% DV from the nVidia CP. Looks pretty spiffy set like that. Don't run ACM. The colors are much better than I expected.

If you want a more subdued look try as above save with .90 gamma, and 53% DV. Approach one is good for pics and gaming. Two for text and forums browsing.

I've played GTA IV (and the recently released addons). It runs really well on 480 SLI.

I should note that I still have to turn shadows off as the ridiculous flickering shadows still rear their ugly head from time to time (nowhere near as bad as 5870 CF mind you but any flickering is too much IMHO).

From the Nvidia Forums the shadow flicker in GTA4 is a driver issue which is being worked on.